Syrian Ba'ath Party

The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party - Syria Region is a socialist and secularist political party in Syria founded on 7 April 1947 by Michel Aflaq and Akram al-Hawrani. From 1963, the Ba'ath Party was in control of the government of the Syrian Arab Republic, with father and son Hafez al-Assad and Bashar al-Assad ruling over the Ba'ath Party after 1970 with the Assad family. In 2016, it held 134/245 seats in the People's Council of Syria and 30/35 cabinet positions.